Esakov, G.A. Criminal legal family of the common law: “filial” legal orders.

Abstract: It is well known, that the key categories of comparative legal studies are those of “legal system” and “legal family”. Their existence is not subject to much scientific discussion, however, it is at times hard to draw a line betweeen them, especially taking into account existing “filial” and “hybrid” legal orders…In this article the review of “filial” legal orders is based upon the example of the common law legal family.